Dont Sink

I sit down with Shelley Kenow, an expert in what drives special education (the Individualized Education Program-IEP), a published author, and an excellent speaker.

The Foundation of a New World is a non-profit company with the goal and purpose of building a city for those in need, and a system designed to: eliminate poverty; curb greed and value life; promote freedom, liberty and independence; and protect the Earth simultaneously.

Dr. Michelle Sadrena Pledger is the Founder of Living for Liberation, an organization that supports the liberation of self, systems, and society. She is also the Director of Liberation at the High Tech High Graduate School of Education, an institution that brings together practitioners, researchers and youth to address complex problems of practice in K-12 education and create more equitable, engaging learning environments for all students. She co-directed the Share Your Learning Campaign which spread student-centered practices (exhibitions, student led conferences, and presentations of learning) to 5 million students. As a faculty member at High Tech High’s Graduate School of Education, she co-teaches Justice: Self, Schools, and Society course in the San Diego Teacher Residency Program, Leadership for School Change in the Master’s Program, and Culturally Responsive Continuous Improvement in the new teacher induction program. As a Freedom Facilitator, Dr. Pledger consults with organizations and districts who seek to liberate self, others, and systems.

Dr. Pledger has been recognized as a Yale University Bouchet Graduate Honor Society member, a David L. Clark Scholar, a Billions Institute Fellow, a Chrispeels Doctoral Fellow, a Shoephlin Fellow, a recipient of the National Society of High School Scholars Higher Education Award, as well as the Inter-American Development Award. She was recently awarded the 2022 Outstanding Alumnus Award by the CSUSM College of Health and Human Services. She earned an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership with an emphasis in social justice education through a joint doctoral program at the University of California, San Diego and California State University, San Marcos. Her research focused on cultivating culturally responsive teaching and classroom management self-efficacy in novice and veteran teachers for the purpose of improving academic opportunities and outcomes for culturally and linguistically diverse students. She holds a Master’s degree in Pacific International Affairs and a Bachelor's degree in International Studies with a minor in Clinical Psychology. 

I sit down wit Colonel Damon Wells, a seasoned Army officer with 28 years of service, currently stationed in Stuttgart, Germany. His career, defined by resilience and strategic leadership, has taken him across the globe – from the United States to Korea and Latvia, and into the heart of combat in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait

I sit down with Dr. Su Lee, a certified life coach who has undergone training and assessment through an ICF (International Coaching Federation) accredited coach training program—the globally recognized gold standard in coaching.

Alexandra Freeman is a matchmaker and dating expert with years of experience in the industry. Described by many past clients as radically compassionate and a beacon of self-acceptance and growth, she co-founded her company IntroductionsInc.com in 2010. She is passionate about helping people grow and find successful love lives in any way she can and was immediately drawn to the matchmaking industry.

Raised by her adoptive mother, a social worker specializing in unhoused persons, Alexandra learned at an early age the necessity of viewing each person as an individual capable of depth and change. Bringing that to the forefront of matchmaking, Alexandra travels all across the world to work with single men and women in their journeys of love and self-improvement.

Since starting IntroductionsInc.com over a decade ago, she has facilitated the relationships of dozens of individuals looking for love and spent countless hours coaching people on self-acceptance, growth, and relationships. It is her singular goal to transform the lives of as many people as possible who are lonely and seeking connection

I sit down with Floyd Willis, author of The Red-Haired Giants of Lovelock Cave & Other Ancient Mysteries. A researcher of ancient humanity and the extraterrestrial.

Sunita shares her experiences as a teacher of the spiritual arts and is a Medium, Psychic, Healer, End of Life Doula, Yoga Teacher, Speaker and Mindset Coach

I sit down with Rafael Hidalgo, an Ultra runner who discovered that the soul is stronger than the mind and the body; happiness is the constant movement towards a valued goal.

Jeffrey Charles Hardy is a 30-year veteran healthcare system, service and facility planning and design consultant. Jeff is the President and Founder of Care for Peace, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation based in Novato. 

Jeffrey Charles Hardy began his career as a hospital corpsman in the United States Coast Guard and has been developing hospital services and facilities ever since.  Prior to selling his healthcare consultation company, XYDRA International, to a Fortune-500 firm in 1998, Hardy facilitated innovative and widely publicized management operations and new-facility development services for over 120 hospitals all over America. Clients included Kaiser Permanente, Catholic Healthcare West, Columbia/HCA Healthcare, Adventist Healthcare Systems, Disney Celebration Health, among others

Hardy also developed hospitals and healthcare systems for Kaiser Foundation International in the Bahamas, Bahrain, Curacao N.A., the United Arab Republics, among others.  In his recent past Hardy helmed new facility development initiatives for the International Medical Center in Hanoi, Vietnam, the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, the Mobile Public Health Program in Delta State, Nigeria, and the Matibabu Hospital in Ukwala, Kenya.